AI WEIWEI: CIRCLE OF ANIMALS/ZODIAC HEADS

Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Exhibition Historic Preservation Public Art

Date

May 1

Time

10:00 am - 8:00 pm

Cost

Check the website for ticket prices

Organizer's Site

lacma.org/art/exhibition/ai-weiwei-circle-animalszodiac-heads

Council District

City Council District 4

Event Series Dates

Ongoing, check website for dates and times

Event Schedule

May 2026

  • Friday 1st 10:00 AM
  • Saturday 2nd 10:00 AM
  • Sunday 3rd 10:00 AM
  • Monday 4th 10:00 AM
  • Tuesday 5th 10:00 AM
  • Thursday 7th 10:00 AM
  • Friday 8th 10:00 AM
  • Saturday 9th 10:00 AM
  • Sunday 10th 10:00 AM
  • Monday 11th 10:00 AM
  • Tuesday 12th 10:00 AM
  • Thursday 14th 10:00 AM
  • Friday 15th 10:00 AM
  • Saturday 16th 10:00 AM
  • Sunday 17th 10:00 AM
  • Monday 18th 10:00 AM
  • Tuesday 19th 10:00 AM
  • Thursday 21st 10:00 AM
  • Friday 22nd 10:00 AM
  • Saturday 23rd 10:00 AM
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The Zodiac Project is Ai Weiwei’s first major public sculpture. For this monumental new work, Ai has recreated the famous twelve bronze animal heads that once adorned the Zodiac Fountain in the Old Summer Palace, in Beijing. Cast around 1750, the original heads were looted by Anglo-French troops who took part in the destruction of Yuan Ming Yuan in 1860 during the Second Opium War.

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